THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Daniel Chapter 1 to 10)

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Daniel 5:26 (NLT) - 26
This is what these words mean:
Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.
 
Daniel 5:29 (NLT) - 29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
 
Daniel 6:1 (NLT) - 1 Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
 
Daniel 6:2 (NLT) - 2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.
 
Daniel 6:3 (NLT) - 3 Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
 
Daniel 6:4 (NLT) - 4 Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
 
Daniel 6:5 (NLT) - 5 So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”
 
Daniel 6:7 (NLT)

7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
 
Daniel 6:8 (NLT) - 8 And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
 
Danie 6:10 (NLT)
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open towards Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
 
Daniel 6:11 (NLT)
Then the officials went together to Daniel's house and found him praying and asking for God's help.
 
Daniel 6:12 (NLT)
So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. "Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days, that any person who prays to anyone, divine or human_except to you, Your Majesty_will be thrown into the den of lions?"
"Yes," the king replied, "that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked."
 
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